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USCHO.com Division I Men's Poll
December 12, 2011
| 1 | Minnesota-Duluth | (49) | 12-3-3 | 999 | 1 |
| 2 | Minnesota | | 14-5-1 | 901 | 2 |
| 3 | Boston College | | 12-6-0 | 875 | 3 |
| 4 | Ohio State | ( 1) | 13-4-1 | 848 | 4 |
| 5 | Merrimack | | 10-2-2 | 844 | 5 |
| 6 | Notre Dame | | 11-6-3 | 667 | 7 |
| 7 | Colorado College | | 9-5-0 | 650 | 6 |
| 8 | Western Michigan | | 9-4-5 | 647 | 8 |
| 9 | Boston University | | 10-5-1 | 581 | 11 |
| 10 | Ferris State | | 11-6-1 | 521 | 9 |
| 11 | Union | | 8-3-5 | 510 | 10 |
| 12 | Colgate | | 11-4-2 | 495 | 12 |
| 13 | Cornell | | 7-3-1 | 347 | 16 |
| 14 | Denver | | 7-6-3 | 329 | 13 |
| 15 | Michigan State | | 10-6-2 | 306 | 14 |
| 16 | Lake Superior | | 11-7-2 | 258 | 15 |
| 17 | Massachusetts-Lowell | | 10-5-0 | 251 | 18 |
| 18 | North Dakota | | 9-8-1 | 88 | 19 |
| 19 | Yale | | 6-5-1 | 69 | 17 |
| 20 | Michigan | | 9-8-3 | 62 | NR |
| Others receiving votes: Quinnipiac 45, Northern Michigan 42, Northeastern 37, Air Force 29, Providence 27, Miami 21, Michigan Tech 20, Nebraska-Omaha 14, Harvard 9, Clarkson 4, Rochester Institute of Technology 3, Robert Morris 1. |